Healy Wins MFC Belt

“Bam Bam” Pat Healy (19-14) took this fight for the Maximum Fighting Championship welterweight title on short notice and pulled the upset win over hometown favourite “The Real Deal” Ryan Ford (6-1) Friday in Edmonton.

Ford looked dominant for most of the fight but Healy defended well; Healy attempted submissions, but Ford escaped using brute strength. In the end, Ford left himself vulnerable one too many times as Healy secured the armbar and forced Ford to tap at 3:02 of round three.

One punch was all it took for light heavyweight Aron Lofton (3-0) to defeat Dwayne Lewis (3-5). After faking a jab, Lofton threw an overhand right to knock out his opponent at 0:17 of round one.

Lightweight Benson Henderson (5-1) dominated the first round with strikes, Ricardo Tirloni (3-1) controlled the second, but it was Henderson who jumped on Tirloni, locked in a guillotine, and ended the fight at 3:49 of the second round.

Levi Avera (10-4), a welterweight who moved up for this fight with middleweight Ron Faircloth (31-17), started strong in both rounds. But Faircloth turned Avera’s takedowns to his own advantage and dominated from the top for almost the entire match. He finally sank a rear naked choke and after desperately fighting it, Avera tapped at 2:57 of round two.

Lightweight Jason Maxwell (15-9) controlled Donald Sanchez (13-8) from the beginning. By round two Maxwell had worn himself out and Sanchez, who managed to conserve his energy, locked in a triangle choke to tap out Maxwell at 2:03.

Preliminary fights:

Lightweight Ryan Machan (5-2) TKO’d Ryan Heck (5-2) at 4:19 of round one.

Light heavyweight Jay Whitford (2-0) submitted Jason Kuchera (3-2) via armbar at 4:31 of round two.

Lightweight Gavin Neil (4-0) TKO’d Evan Sanguin (1-2) at 4:11 of the first round.

Welterweight Mike Sorensen (4-1) TKO’d Lemont Davis (1-1) at 2:52 of round one.

Middleweight Elliot Duff (2-1) TKO’d “The Brick” Brandon Curts (3-2) at 4:30 of round one.

Welterweight Jason Zorthian (3-2) won a unanimous decision over Jesse Clarke (0-1).